To The VolunteersGosh, it's quiet in here. I'm writing this on the big blue couch we used to keep in the reception room, and before that, in the calming...
Avalanche Country"Well, here we go," I thought as my rescue copilot Alexis and I pulled out of the gas station and back into the northbound lane of the...
Great DivideAaron met my eyes as we leaned against our trekking poles, catching our breath as a summer storm poured driving rain down on top of us....
Hot Dogs"How many dogs do you have in that van, anyway?" the lady asked, leaning across from the driver's seat of her car to peer out at the...
No Jack"We have to keep those dogs cool," Jesse warned us. "We can't have them overheating, so blast the air conditioning the whole way. I don't...
Year of the Dogs"We'll just drive out there and get them." That's how it started. I'm not even sure we were serious. My friend Alexis wanted to adopt a...
When Dogs FlyWe sat parked on the tarmac at the airport in Victoria, all of us searching the sky as somewhere overhead, the sound of an airplane...
#ProjectPuppies: Slide PathBefore I knew what was happening, we hit a patch of black ice and the truck began to slide. I felt the back end slip out and start to get...
#ProjectPuppies: North StarWe were just leaving Edmonton when things started to go sideways. Literally. The weather had been wonderful all the way from Vancouver to...
Dog Days"Do you think we'd have been so eager to do more rescue missions," Alexis asked, somewhere near the end of our three day, 4000km, 15 dog...